Thread: cold nights ( maddy 1/4/10)

Maddalena was dressed in thick pants and a heavy shirt with sensible shoes for the terrain. She had either lost her coat or forgotten it completely when heading out. The snow glistened around her in the moonlight, casting those odd blue shadows that only snow can produce.
She stopped and looked at the shadow around her as if she expected someone to step out of them at any moment, mumbling to herself, then nodding as if satisfied.

Her steps were loud and unnatural as she was not used to this kind of trek. Her talk with Kendov had gotten her to thinking. Why couldn't she go walk her city? Why shouldn't she know every inch of her city? How could she rule it if she did not know it? So here she was, tromping around in the snow like a child, looking for something she knew she would not find...

kendovs eyes shone in the light his body stiffened for the attack. and then something went wrong. the elk herds heads shot up looking at the noise of the other person

"now or never"

the muscles and tendons in kendov's surged his body pushed the blood forcing it into every possible part pushing him past a normal mans speed. he bolted out and around behind the herd gliding across the snow. the herd turned twords the noise the apparent threat overtaking the sounds they had heard and the group bolted.

"damnation and curse the fool that disrupted my hunt" pushing the thought away for later his legs and arms pumped and for a moment the years melted away. he was barely of age in his tribe. his elders had sent him with a knife and a few pieces of meat. he would have to be able to provide to be welcome. and here he was not o unlike those years his mind blank other than the hunt. his focus sharp.

with another burst from his cursed blood he poured on the speed. he didnt see what or who spooked them but the herd had passed them and in his current thought he wasnt worried as he blew by them.

just a little bit more

he was there. the kill zone. his claws elongating out from under his fingernails he lept at the nearest elk. in this time time was forever he could see and feel his claws bite and then... come clean out. he had failed the ground soon sped back up and all to quickly for him and he spun and rolled with the fall.

" well damn" he said out loud still laying on his back watching upside down as the elk ran off deep into the night

Maddalena watched as Kendov sped past her, faster than he should have been. It was an impressive sight however. She remembered the wild animals in the zoos trying to reach top speed in their cages. She was always impressed by hunters of any kind. There was just something so basic about hunting that amazed her. There was no higher thought, no worrying about if your friend was going to stab you in your back, just you and the prey, so simple, so awe inspiring to her.

As Kendov missed the elk and landed on his back, Maddalena walked over to him. Leaning over so that she looked down at his up turned face. His face was upside down to her's and that made her smile.
"Are you lying in wait for the prey?"

he laughed lightly " indeed i believe that if i lay here long enough they will just come and lay down before me to be eaten" he smiled a bit looking not so ol and reserved.

shes still the prince you moron

kendovs face changed from the more carefree back to his normal stoicisim as he got back up straightening the scraps of clothing he had on.

" what brings you to the flatlands of the park? i thought you where busy with matters of state locked so high in the iron tower of of pricedom" he asked teasingly

Maddalena stopped and considered this.
"Yes, well, I climbed down some maiden's braid. It is a matter of state that brings me here. I wanted to see the field for myself. So here I am." She grins up at Kendov. "I'm not interrupting am I? It is so rare that I get to just wander my city."

kendov nodded to her " you are always welcome on this or any other land that i control. " looking down he notices his claws still out. they looked like a twisted version of a bears claws. he held his hand up looking at them thoughtfully "Ursus arctos horribilis" he said before letting the claws relax and retract back under his normal fingers and disappearing completely.

" do you wish for company? these nights can be the death of you if your not carefull"

"I would like company. It seems that, for me, any night could be my death. I hear rumors all the time of those who are not pleased with my reign and would see me dead." She tilts her head and looks at Kendov curiously. "What do you think of that?"

" it is hard to tell the workings of another spiders webs. who knows who is friend and who is foe in these nights. even those your close to might be just another mask at the ball. i would like to think that there is an understanding and mutual respect between you and i at lest as fellow vampires even if we dont take into account of position. that being said when the time for blood to be drawn i would not stop until i rip out their heart and drink deeply of thier hearts blood"

he shrugged at her as if matter of factly. he moved a short ways away pulling a bag from the snow. inside his usual clothing could be seen and he pulled the cloth shirt from his body and tossed it into the bag.

Maddalena's eyes widen and she whirls to face the other direction.
"So you're saying that as long as I do not attack you, I am safe from you?"
Her voice shows that she is uncomfortable with the thought of Kendov changing clothes in her presence, but she is doing her best.